Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy: (Research Handbooks in European Law series)

The steady expansion of the European Union's involvement in health over the past 20 years has been accelerated by recent events. This Handbook offers an up-to-date analytical overview of the most important topics in EU health law and policy. It outlines, as far as possible, the direction of travel for each topic and suggests research agendas for the future. Split into five parts, this book brings together international, interdisciplinary contributions to consider the past, present and future of EU health law and policy. The changing membership of the EU could see dramatic changes for EU health law and policy: the contributors consider current developments in the light of past trajectories. The book covers key institutions; policies on people and products; health systems; public health; and the health implications of the EU's external trade policies and laws. Wide-ranging and accessible, this Handbook will appeal to academics and students focussing on EU health law or policy. It will also be of interest to lawyers and policy makers working in or with the EU as well as health managers and NGOs. Contributors include: A. Alemanno, O. Bartlett, L.E. Bishop, E. Brosset, A. de Ruijter, A. den Exter, G. Dussault, M.L. Flear, M. Frischhut, A. Garde, I. Goldner Lang, S.L Greer, M. Guy, T.K. Hervey, H. Jarman, M. Koivusalo, E. Kuhlmann, C. Larsen, A. Mahalatchimy, C.B. Maier, D.S Martinsen, J.V. McHale, N. Mijatovic, E. Pavolini, M. Pilgerstorfer, C. Rieder, C.S. Rusu, W. Sauter, T. Sokol, M.-I. Ungureanu, J.W. van de Gronden, C.A. Young

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword Martin McKee Introduction Tamara K. Hervey, Calum Young and Louise E. Bishop Part I History, Scope, Institutions 1. The History and Scope of EU Health Law and Policy Mary Guy and Wolf Sauter 2. Governing EU Health Law and Policy – On Governance and Legislative Politics Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen 3. Courts and EU Health Law and Policies Clemens M. Rieder 4. Fundamental Rights and EU Health Law and Policy Calum Alasdair Young Part II People and Products 5. EU Law, Policy and Health Professional Mobility Ellen Kuhlmann, Claudia B. Maier, Gilles Dussault, Christa Larsen, Emmanuele Pavolini and Marius-Ionuț Ungureanu 6. European Union Biomedical Research Law and Policy and Citizen Science Mark L. Flear 7. EU Law and Policy on Pharmaceuticals Marketing and Post-Market Control Including Product Liability Marcus Pilgerstorfer 8. EU Law and Policy on New Health Technologies Estelle Brosset and Aurélie Mahalatchimy 9. EU Law and Policy on Human Materials Jean V. McHale and Aurélie Mahalatchimy 10. eHealth Law: The Final Frontier? André den Exter Part III Systems 11. EU Competition Law and Policy and Health Systems Johan W. van de Gronden and Catalin S. Rusu 12. EU Health Law and Policy and the Eurozone Crisis Tomislav Sokol and Nikola Mijatović Part IV Public Health 13. EU Public Health Law and Policy – Communicable Diseases Markus Frischhut and Scott L. Greer 14. EU Public Health Law and Policy – Tobacco Alberto Alemanno 15. EU Public Health Law and Policy - On the Rocks? A Few Sobering Thoughts on the Growing EU Alcohol Problem Oliver Bartlett and Amandine Garde 16. Public Health in European Union Food Law Iris Goldner Lang Part V The External Dimension 17. Trade and Health in the European Union Holly Jarman and Meri Koivusalo 18. The EU’s (Emergent) Global Health Law and Policy Tamara K. Hervey Conclusions 19. The Impediment of Health Laws’ Values in the Constitutional Setting of the EU Anniek de Ruijter Index

About the Author :
Edited by Tamara K. Hervey, City, University of London, UK, Calum Alasdair Young, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands and Louise E. Bishop, School of Law, University of Sheffield, UK

Review :
‘This thought-provoking anthology can be recommended to scholars as well as to policy makers in search of the underlying patterns (and the complex interplay between them) in recent policy and legal trends within the health sector in Europe.’ ‘This important new book offers a clear and informative guide to EU health law and policy, but it also does much more than that. The tensions at the heart of the EU’s engagement with health are tackled head-on, as are the implications of the Eurozone crisis and Brexit. Through its 19 engaging and lively chapters, this is the best account to date of EU health law and policy’s uncomfortable position at the intersection between the promotion of free trade, on the one hand, and public health, on the other.’ ‘This book, with contributions from scholars across the Europe and up-to-date coverage of Brexit and its implications, will prove indispensable to anyone interested in health law in the EU, be they within or without Europe.’ ‘Overall, this handbook illuminates a number of areas of EU health law and policy, reflects on the state-of-art, praises successful achievements, critically examines dysfunctions, and sheds light on the potential direction for development and further research. It is an important contribution to EU health law and policy scholarship. This book would be of interest to EU law and policy scholars, legal practitioners, students, as well as those looking for fresh re- search ideas in the area of EU health law and policy.’